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Inoceramus whitneyi

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Taxonomy

Inoceramus whitneyi was named by Gabb (1869).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

I. agdjakendensis, I. anakusensis, I. angulatus, I. angustiundulatus, I. annulatus, I. aucella, I. australis, I. balchii, I. barsliensis, I. bererensis, I. bicorrugatus, I. bojarkensis, I. borilensis, I. cadottensis, I. conicus, I. crispi, I. curvieri, I. etheridgei, I. ewaldi, I. fiegei, I. flavus, I. gusselkaensis, I. heinzi, I. incurvus, I. ipuanus, I. kapuus, I. labiatiformis, I. labiatoidiformis, I. lapparenti, I. maedae, I. mamatensis, I. marathonensis, I. matotorus, I. nodai, I. nukeus, I. obtusus, I. opetius, I. pedalionoides, I. pertenuis, I. pochialaineni, I. proximus, I. pseudoregularis, I. quadrans, I. quatsinoensis, I. reduncus, I. renngarteni, I. richensis, I. saratoviensis, I. schloenbachi, I. schoendorfi, I. spitzbergensis, I. stilley, I. stoneleyi, I. subneocomiensis, I. subpercostatus, I. sutherlandi, I. tenuis, I. tenuistriatus, I. tenuistriatus(), I. tenuiumbonatus, I. typicus, I. urius, I. vanuxemi, I. vanuxemiformis, I. volgensis, I. waltersdorfensis, I. wandereri, I. warakius, I. yokoyamai, I. zavoljiensis, I. concentrica, I. muelleri, I. goldfussi, I. tenuilineatum, I. iburiensis, I. rhomboides, I. bornholmensis, I. guerichi, I. steenstrupi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1869	Inoceramus whitneyi Gabb p. 193 figs. pl. 32, fig. 91
1917	Inoceramus whitneyi Waring p. 62 figs. Pl. 8, Fig. 9
1930	Inoceramus whitneyi Stewart p. 105 figs. Plate 2, fig. 1

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Myalinata	Paul 1939
order	Myalinida	Paul 1939
superfamily	Inoceramoidea	Giebel 1852
family	Inoceramidae	Giebel 1852
genus	Inoceramus	Sowerby 1814
species	whitneyi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Inoceramus whitneyi Gabb 1869

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitef

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-04-13 11:12:15

Modified:

2009-04-13 13:12:15

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Campanian or 89.80000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	USA (California)	Inoceramus whitneyi (193034)
Coniacian	89.8 - 86.3	USA (California)	Inoceramus whitneyi (44214 44233)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	USA (California)	Inoceramus whitneyi (158389)